“We really did not expect this outcome!” Chen Gong shook his head. Originally he only thought that Sun Ce wanted to absorb the Bing Province Heavy Cavalry, because in southern China, a warhorse is a very rare commodity. After the chaos broke, Gongsun Zan of Hebei managed to smuggle a few hundred horses at a constant rate to the Sun clan in the south.
Now Gongsun Zan has been extinguished by Yuan Shao. For Yuan Shao himself it is impossible for him sell or send warhorses, because cavalry is one of his strong points as a warlord. So, in the entire Jiangdong army, they only have several hundred warhorses. With only these warhorses, Sun Ce cannot make a large and strong cavalry unit, only micro cavalry unit.
Actually before they left, Lu Bu wanted give Sun Ce several hundred warhorses. Because if he did not, he will be marked as insincere. So, Lu Bu wanted to give Sun Ce compensation for his hospitality and also wanted to tie up his relationship with him.
Lu Bu and Chen Gong really hadn't thought that what Sun Ce and Zhou Yu wanted is much more than just a warhorse. They wanted to use Lu Bu to kill Huang Zu of Jiangxia as a borrowed knife. If he conquered Jiangxia, Lu Bu will have offended Liu Biao thoroughly and at the same time Cao Cao will also target him as a threat for his rear, at that time Lu Bu will have no choice but to ally himself with Sun Ce. And if he cannot conquer Jiangxia, at that time when Lu Bu’s army and Jiangxia's army do battle, it will reduce Jiangxia's army strength considerably. At that time, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu could just emerge and obtain the spoils for themselves.
“Milord, what shoud we do now?!” Chen Gong is waiting for Lu Bu to decide. To battle or not battle with Jiangxia all is decided by Lu Bu.
“Gongtai, you speak, can we still clear things between us and Huang Zu?!” Lu Bu asked Chen Gong, a rhetoric question.
Chen Gong immediately shook his head. They were stationed in Wancheng city for quite long time. Sun Ce also treated them very well, his treatment is so well that even his own uncle did not have this kind of treatment.
In everyone eyes, if Sun Ce and Lu Bu did not form an alliance, can they still do this kind of thing? Even a stupid person wouldn't believe that they have not formed an alliance.
“Then it is inevitable, we must battle him!” Lu Bu’s eyes flashed killing intent. Lu Bu is not the first one to provoke by deploying their army before him. The one who did that is basically asking for death by Lu Bu’s hands. Moreover in the letter, another info said that the messenger sent to Jiangxia was killed by Huang Zu’s son, Huang She.
“Pass my military order, army prepare for battle!” These times during recuperation, the nation already forgot Lu Bu army’s terror. Whether he has or has not been used by Sun Ce, Lu Bu must fight Huang Zu. Not only to appease his bloodlust, but also to remind the entire Jing Province and even the entire nation that Lu Bu is still the god-of-war and his Lu Bu army is still number one in the entire nation.